Parking in Pembrokeshire

Disabled Persons Parking Places (DPPPs)

Disabled Persons Parking Pilot (DPPP) Update

Pembrokeshire County Council undertook a pilot scheme 2023-24 and 2024-25, to provide dedicated disabled parking places to eligible residents across Pembrokeshire.

At the Services Overview & Scrutiny Committee meeting on 25 November 2025, members reviewed how the pilot has worked over the past two years. During this time, we received 181 applications and installed 20 bays. 

The pilot has given us useful insights, but the review also highlighted some important legal requirements under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This law says that parking restrictions must apply to groups of users (like Blue Badge holders) rather than individual people.

To make sure we follow the law and keep things fair, the Committee agreed to move away from individually allocated bays and instead provide bays that any eligible Blue Badge holder can use. This change will:

• Remove the need for individual assessments

• Ensure we comply with national legislation

• Make bays available to all eligible users

In future, requests for new Blue Badge bays will be considered on a case-by-case basis alongside other parking restrictions.